Daring to extrapolate the full implications of Jesus’ statement,”Without Me, you can do nothing,” I reached the conclusion years ago that “the point of intersection of the sovereignty of God and the collective believers’ subjective state is an intersection of the Father’s decision to act, and our fully recognized state of utter helplessness until He does”. I expect to see indication of the impending, final, consummate move of God in an accelerated realization of our poverty of spirit; that is, of having no autonomous spiritual resources in ourselves. As long as we imagine that God is awaiting our facilitating of His purpose, we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are not, in fact, spiritually bankrupt in and of ourselves and bereft of any ability to contribute to the doing of God. Continue reading ‘“HELP OF THE HELPLESS”….By John Gavazzoni’